I mentioned in the 'The Person Below Me' thread that I was going to do a photo tutorial on how to post pictures. Ta-da! This post is going to deal with posting pictures from a google account (using PicasaWeb), since I figured most people already have one. I'll do one for Photobucket later/tomorrow, depending on my studying schedule and possibly a Flickr one as as well if anyone interested. I'm trying to err on the side of giving too many details, so apologies for the million steps (and if something's not clear, I'll happily try to explain.).

Step 1: Go to Google and select sign in in the top right hand corner.

Step 2: Either log in to your account or create a new one.

Step 3: Once you're logged in, look at the top menu and click on 'more' then select 'even more' at the bottom of the drop down menu.

Step 4: Your page should look something like the one below. Click on Picasa.

Step 5: This now opens Picasa. You can download it on your computer and have a play. However, that's not relevant to this tutorial, so click on Picasa Web Albums.

Step 6: You'll now be in your albums home. Click upload.

Step 7: A wild pop up appears ! Name your album whatever you want and click continue (or alternatively select one of your existing albums by clicking 'choose an existing album').

Step 9: This will open a window with your computer's picture folder. Either select pictures from there or navigate somewhere else. You can choose one or more pictures. Click open.

Step 10: Wait until the pictures are uploaded, then click 'ok' (or upload more if you want ).

Step 11: After you click ok, your album will appear on screen. Click on the picture you want to upload (I forgot to screenshot that step). Look on the right bar and click on 'Link to this photo'. This will bring more options. Select the size you want (400 or 640 works best for forums), tick the 'image only(no link)' checkbox and copy the link in the box that says 'Embed image'.

Step 12: Come back to eHell, start a new thread or reply to an old one. To post the picture, your code should look like this [ img ] your link here [ /img ], only without the spaces. Here's an example.

Step 13. Click post .

Done .

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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Step 1: Go to www.photobucket.com and either sign in or create a new account. You can log in with a Facebook or Twitter accounts as well.

Step 2: Click on the green "upload now" button on the top of the page.

Step 3: Go ahead and click on "Select Photos and videos". Like in Picasa, this will open a window on your computer that you can then use to browse until you find the image(s) you're after.

Step 4: Wait while the pictures upload. Stretch your legs, pet a dog/cat/loved one that happens to be nearby.

Step 5: Woohoo! Pictures uploaded! They will be towards the bottom of the page (where the purple circle is). You can go name them, give them descriptions and tags. If you change anything here, don't forget to click "Save and Continue to my album". If you're lazy like me, just click on "View Album" (it will keep the names the files had on your computer).

Step 6: Hover your mouse over any image and it will look like this:

Click on the last link, the one that says [IMG] code and it will copy it for you (the box will briefly flash to say copied instead of the link).

Step 7: Paste into ehell, no need to add anything else. Enjoy .

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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

How do you post a picture just from your own computer and not through google or photobucket, etc? I used to know how but have forgotten. Thanks to anyone who can help. I think there used to be an option on the posting page for adding an attachment. I think I must be missing something.

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How do you post a picture just from your own computer and not through google or photobucket, etc? I used to know how but have forgotten. Thanks to anyone who can help. I think there used to be an option on the posting page for adding an attachment. I think I must be missing something.

I'm pretty sure this has been removed in order to optimize performance and for safety reasons. Storing images (or other attachments) potentially takes up a LOT of space, and can severely influence the performance of the database.

Also, allowing attachments to be stored directly on the server is an excellent way to spread viruses.

In other words, I'm pretty sure you have to go through photobucket, flickr or the likes.

How do you post a picture just from your own computer and not through google or photobucket, etc? I used to know how but have forgotten. Thanks to anyone who can help. I think there used to be an option on the posting page for adding an attachment. I think I must be missing something.

I'm pretty sure this has been removed in order to optimize performance and for safety reasons. Storing images (or other attachments) potentially takes up a LOT of space, and can severely influence the performance of the database.

Also, allowing attachments to be stored directly on the server is an excellent way to spread viruses.

In other words, I'm pretty sure you have to go through photobucket, flickr or the likes.

Thanks for the reply. I do have photobucket but haven't used it in a long time and seem to have run out of space.

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I've never knitted anything I could recognize when it was finished. Actually, I've never finished anything, much to my family's relief.